Re: [webmin-l] DNS Text records

[John H. <web...@ew...>]

Steve Campbell wrote:
> I'm a little confused about adding an SPF record for one of my 
> domains. Since this has quoted text in it, I'm not sure if I am 
> entering the text part properly.
>
> When I create the record, and copy the text part of the recommended 
> TXT record from the form at pobox(?) into the text field, Webmin adds 
> the '\' character at the beginning and end of the line.
>
> The original text part of the record looks like this when I added it 
> manually to the zone file:
> "v=spf1 mx a:trinadad.cnpapers.net ~all"
>
> This is not recognized by Webmin
>
> The inserted record, when using Webmin to add it, appears as:
> "\"v=spf1 mx a:trinadad.cnpapers.net ~all\""
>
> Are these proper and equivalent?
Looks to me like you copied and pasted the line from pobox with the 
quotes around it.. and it looks like Jamie has the dns module set to add 
those for you, therefore, you're seeing the escaped quotes... the /" 
which is trying to escape what you input. Try inputting it without the 
quotes.

John Hinton
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve Campbell
> cam...@cn...
> Charleston Newspapers
>
>
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